Hook anchor for screen and other doors



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Patented Sept. '15, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS A. WALLACE, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

HOOK ANCHOR FOR SCRI EEN AND OTHER DOORS.

Application filed August 25, 1922. Serial No. 584,207.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS -A. WALLACE, a citizen of the, United States, residing at Council Bluffs, in the county of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa,-have invented new and useful Improvements in Hook Anchors for Screen and Other Doors, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is the provision of means in the nature of an anchor on a screen or other door carrying a hook, for firmly though detachably holding the hook when not in use with a view to eliminating the rattling and other noise usually caused by a loose hook incident to the opening or closing of a door.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as 'hereinafterdescribed and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure I is an elevation showing my novel anchor orholder in use.

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective of the anchor or holder per se.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken in,

the plane indicatedby the line 3-3 of Fig ure 1.

Figure 4 is a plan of the blank from which the body of the anchor or holder is fabricated. I

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the vlews of the drawings.

In Figures 1 and 3 I show a portlon of a screen door frame which is designated by 1. Connected" at 2 in the conventional loose manner to the frame 1 is the ordinary well known hook 3 designed to beemployed in' the fastening of the screen door in closed position. I

My novel anchor orcholder 1s des1 ned to firmlythough detachably hold the look 3- against movement in the manner shown in Figuresl and 3, it being understood, however, that the hook by the application of a little stress may be readily disengaged from the jaws of the anchor or holden; Likewise by a little stress the hook 3 is susceptible of being pressed between the anchor or holder jaws so as to be securely retained thereby. The anchor or holder comprises essentlally jaws 4 of spring t 5 to form a flare mouth 6, Flgure 3. The said holder or anchor also comprises a body pe and having flared ends 7 by which the jaws 4 are carried and which is designed to. be connected by screws 8 or other appropriate means to the door frame 1.

The anchor or holder in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention is formed in the manner clearly shown in Figures 2 and 4-i. e., of a rectangular blank 9- of sheet metal with reduced portion .or tongues lOat its ends, the said blank being apertured' atthe four points designated by 11, and the anchor or holder being fabricated of the blank'by bendin the blank on itself on the lines 12 and t en bending'and shaping the tongues 10 to form the jaws 4 of the shape clearly brought out in Figures 2 and 3; In this latter connection I would haveit understood that my novel anchor or holder can be used to advantage as a pencil or pen holder, or for holding any other article for which it is suitable, and, when such general use is made of the holder it may be provided with a plurality of pairs of 'aws such as the jaws 4.

n the practical use of my improvement it will be observed that when the hook 3 is idle, it is. simply necessary for a person to press the hook between the jaws -4 when casual movement of the hook will be preeluded, and noise caused by the hook rat tling against the door frame will be eliminated. When it is desired to use the hook for fastening. p'urposes, the hook is pulled Y from between the jaws 4 against the resilient action thereof.

- It will be apparent from the foregoing that-my novel hook holder or anchor is simple and inexpensive in construction, is strong and durable, andis susceptible of being expeditiously and easily applied without the employment of skilled labor or any tools other than an" ordinary screw driver.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the and preferre embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I

do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the specific construction 5 and relative arrangement of part inasmuch asin the future practice of the invention various changes and modifications ma be made such as fall'within the scope o m invention as defined in my appended claim. 1

arts embraced in the present folded upon its intermediate portion whereby the body of the plate is rendered relatively rigid, the edges of the end portion be.

ing spaced from each other and relatively narrow tongues disposed laterally from the end edges of the end portions of the plate andhaving their side edges spaced from the side edges of the end portions of the plate,

the tongues emerging from the end portions through the spaces between the edges of the end portions, the intermediate portions of the tongues being outwardly bowed and the ends of the tongues being flared away from each other, the relatively narrow tongues being relatively resilient as compared with the relatively broad'portions of the body of the plate. y

In testimony whereof, I aifix mysignature.-

- LEWIS A. WALLACE. 

